Officials closed a parking lot of the Pentagon for a period of time Friday out of an abundance of caution after a woman, who recently visited Africa, fell ill.

Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson said at about 9:10 a.m. Friday Pentagon police officers identified a woman in the Pentagon south parking lot, around lanes 17-19, who was ill and vomiting.

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Arlington County Fire Department was notified to respond immediately. During the response, the woman said she had recently visited Africa, Crosson said.

Out of an abundance of caution, all pedestrian and vehicle traffic was suspended around the south parking lot while Arlington County responded to the scene.

Crosson said at 9:53 a.m., the woman, who has not been identified, was taken to the Inova Fairfax Hospital, where she was put in isolation. Shortly before 6 p.m., officials announced the woman does not have Ebola.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic around the Pentagon south parking lot's lanes 7-23 was restricted until further notice while the investigation continues, officials said.